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after, a look at obama's first year. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> now available, abraham lincoln -- great american historians on our 16th president. a great read for any history buff. it is a unique contemporary perspective on lincoln, from journalists and writers from lincoln's early years to the flight at the white house and his relevance today. in hard cover and your favorite bookseller, and now in digital audio to listen to any time, available where downloads are sold. learn more apps c- span.org/lincolnbook. >> this week, an update on efforts by the federal communications commission to develop a plan to expand broadband in the united states. our guest is blair levin, leading up the initiative at the fcc. could you give us a status update on the report? >> sure. we have been doing status updates all along. september we laid out for the fcc kind of what we thought the state of broadband was in the united states. in november, we laid out the most significant problems. a couple of weeks ago, we laid out how to address tho
after, a look at obama's first year. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> now available, abraham lincoln -- great american historians on our 16th president. a great read for any history buff. it is a unique contemporary perspective on lincoln, from journalists and writers from lincoln's early years to the flight at the white house and his relevance today. in hard cover and your favorite bookseller, and now in digital audio to listen to any time, available where downloads...
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2022 president obama down the road gave a speech where he talked about the free flow of information and what happened in the interim. some of it goes back to the election and people thinking it doesn't align. we have to return to this expression. the editor said diversity of opinion is the lifeblood of d democracy. the moment everybody thinks the same way we do our democratic way of life we need to embrace free speech. it's a false choice to say you get free speech and that necessarily means terrorist content and cesspool content. it's between the two to protect the core political speech and respect other people's views and not do this, so i think we can have pro "sports extra" form and congress should legislate help us move in that direction. >> thank youha for getting me on national television. we can now go to the questions. we have one bright there and the microphone will be coming to you and if you could please identify yourself and state your question. >> i'm voice of a moderate starting freedom from technology. a lot of people i'm grateful you brought up twitter because you b
2022 president obama down the road gave a speech where he talked about the free flow of information and what happened in the interim. some of it goes back to the election and people thinking it doesn't align. we have to return to this expression. the editor said diversity of opinion is the lifeblood of d democracy. the moment everybody thinks the same way we do our democratic way of life we need to embrace free speech. it's a false choice to say you get free speech and that necessarily means...
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in the private sector every year does about 80, 75, 77, $78 a year. that is where it is that and that's what will buildout. we need to submit that partnership and move forward anf get connectivity everywhere we can at high speed. i'd like to see us move forward to bipartisan way on the issues we can find an agreement and i nk the cra is dead on arrival at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. it's great politics for some but it is not even if it passes the house and senate i can't imagine will end up with it on the paperwork. why don't we come together today as i tried to do for the last five years for the net neutrality rules were implemented by the wheeler administration and legislate the space. i'm asking all parties let's do it. i draft proposals on the table that is probably 2014, 20. >> part of what you're saying is the cra effort is not the legislative solution for advertising but it. >> it's just a bulldozer. it takes you back to where it was and the fcc can't do activity in the space was likely which may not be what people want. beyond that you are seein
in the private sector every year does about 80, 75, 77, $78 a year. that is where it is that and that's what will buildout. we need to submit that partnership and move forward anf get connectivity everywhere we can at high speed. i'd like to see us move forward to bipartisan way on the issues we can find an agreement and i nk the cra is dead on arrival at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. it's great politics for some but it is not even if it passes the house and senate i can't imagine will end up with...
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rules being put in place by the obama era fcc. so where are we today? these companies continue to make money and they want a free pass on continuing to make more. that is why our goal is not the profits of big cable companies. our goal is to make sure that the internet economy continues to grow and the juggernaut of job creation and innovation continues to expand. we have want the internet ecosystem that has doubled as a percentage in gdp from 2017 to continue to grow. as i said it's about 13% of our state's economy and every day in the to hear about another innovation from someone in my state. maybe the farm economy and more efficient ways to produce products or get products to market or manage their livestock. it might be in telemedicine and helping someone from one side of the state to other get access to care. maybe as basic as connecting people to their families and lovedop ones but it is the internet that we know today and it is so integral to our lives. i hope that the commonsense legislation in front of us the cra which wo
rules being put in place by the obama era fcc. so where are we today? these companies continue to make money and they want a free pass on continuing to make more. that is why our goal is not the profits of big cable companies. our goal is to make sure that the internet economy continues to grow and the juggernaut of job creation and innovation continues to expand. we have want the internet ecosystem that has doubled as a percentage in gdp from 2017 to continue to grow. as i said it's about 13%...
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for example, when president obama was inaugurated, people were using their cell phones to communicate and to participate, and it crashed. the system. these are what's known as one to one kinds of uses of spectrum. there's spectrum hogging devices. broadcasting, conversely, uses its spectrum and has historically to provide a one to many kind of distribution of information, politics, entertainment, music, all of those things. the proposal now is so that every american can have wi-fi broadband is to take spectrum from broadcasting or from the federal government or from some areas that are not fully utilized. broadcasters oppose surrendering their spectrum because in a digital age we're using it more efficiently, but we do have a high definition signal now that people are really enjoying. we do have do multicasting which will expand, and in the future broadcasting will provide to your mobile phone your local television station. these are mobile television, all of these things will require the use of the spectrum that broadcasters have. in addition to all of that, in making the transition
for example, when president obama was inaugurated, people were using their cell phones to communicate and to participate, and it crashed. the system. these are what's known as one to one kinds of uses of spectrum. there's spectrum hogging devices. broadcasting, conversely, uses its spectrum and has historically to provide a one to many kind of distribution of information, politics, entertainment, music, all of those things. the proposal now is so that every american can have wi-fi broadband is...
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it only took 87 years for a woman to run the agency. the way i see it, i'm going to make up for lost time. are we on? >> 87 years. definitely a long time. >> but who's counting? >> we have a workforce here in the u.s. that's 40% women, which were very proud of. i think that's a little bit of an outlier in the industry. any thoughts there do you see things improving and wordy things go? >> i might be biased but i think communications technology is the most exciting sector of our economy. by some measures it's as much as what some of things of the economy a thing it's were all the energy is. it's were so much is happening and i want to see that those employed in this sector reflect the diversity of our country. i think it's important of why i'm in this job right now and i hope everyone here understands the importance of that too study after study shows when we have more diversity at the table, we produce better and stronger results. >> i think that the great pivot to talk about the future. you've often spoken about digital equity and conn
it only took 87 years for a woman to run the agency. the way i see it, i'm going to make up for lost time. are we on? >> 87 years. definitely a long time. >> but who's counting? >> we have a workforce here in the u.s. that's 40% women, which were very proud of. i think that's a little bit of an outlier in the industry. any thoughts there do you see things improving and wordy things go? >> i might be biased but i think communications technology is the most exciting sector...
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i would say before the obama years, and i don't just mean because the obama people were super smart or anything like that. it's just the passage of time is part of it. but before the obama years, i think it was truly abysmal in the government. and, you know, the irony is that the city and the metro area here in washington are among the most tech-savvy when they do these various polls, they're among the most connected, among the heaviest users of various sophisticated services. the populace here uses it. and some of the populace are the staff ands the middle levels of these agencies and of the hill and of the white house and the supreme court and all these places. but the major officials, i mean, you know, the average age is and the average amount of time that's available to learn this stuff on the part of senators and congressmen and cabinet members is, it just conspires against -- and the security requirements which often tend to push you toward less sophisticated devices and less sophisticated services. all of those things conspire, i think, to make the people who are really making o
i would say before the obama years, and i don't just mean because the obama people were super smart or anything like that. it's just the passage of time is part of it. but before the obama years, i think it was truly abysmal in the government. and, you know, the irony is that the city and the metro area here in washington are among the most tech-savvy when they do these various polls, they're among the most connected, among the heaviest users of various sophisticated services. the populace here...
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now, with less than a year to go in the obama administration, secretary king is charged with implementing the nation's reauthorized k-12 law, the every student succeeds act. so please join me in welcoming secretary king to the stage. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> wow, that was low energy. [laughter] good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> that's better. it's a privilege to be here with all of you, grateful to leslie for the introduction can, grateful to education week for being a voice for students and educators and also for being a place for constructive, thoughtful dialogue. we're not always going to agree on every policy issue on education in the united states, for sure, but it's important that we have places for thoughtful,
now, with less than a year to go in the obama administration, secretary king is charged with implementing the nation's reauthorized k-12 law, the every student succeeds act. so please join me in welcoming secretary king to the stage. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> wow, that was low energy. [laughter] good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> that's better. it's a privilege to be here with all of you, grateful to leslie for the...
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so earliest we be a ruling out of the dc circuit enof this year, good evening of next year, and if the court were to vacate the rule order remand the rules, that's going to raise a very important question, which is partly legal and partly political. and that is, does the obama administration appeal to the supreme court or send it back to the commission? tom will have a front-row seat in that decision in conjunction with the white house. that going to be a very sensitive decision. of course there's always the possibility that the rules are upheld, and there's less probably to decide at that point, although industry may decide to appeal to the supreme court. i think the really interesting question will be, if the dc certificate does throw out to the rules, what do they do? and what is tom's role in that? and what is the rest of the administration's role in that. >> if it goes back to the commission does tom try to pursue title 2? >> that's the $64 million question. it's not clear to me what other avenues they'll have left. this is virtually the second time the commission tries a differen
so earliest we be a ruling out of the dc circuit enof this year, good evening of next year, and if the court were to vacate the rule order remand the rules, that's going to raise a very important question, which is partly legal and partly political. and that is, does the obama administration appeal to the supreme court or send it back to the commission? tom will have a front-row seat in that decision in conjunction with the white house. that going to be a very sensitive decision. of course...
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her friends have become deficit hawks after seeing the debt double in the obama administration. don't forget the supported learning the same corporate tax rates you after year and embraced other parts of the plan which we have incorporated. that's why there attacks and screams are laughable. and frankly they insult the intelligence of americans who are trying to figure this out. it's hard to figure out what's happening when you have someone prime like chicken little that the sky is falling. it's hard for people to sort it out. as we work on a conference committee report to reconcile the differences, our focus will be on those hard-working families i mentioned earlier. people are moderate average income. we are going to make businesses more competitive globally because that will benefit the same families. so you can see while i was reluctant to come and trust these unbelievable claims, i've also learned that if you don't respond or counter falsehood with truth some people would leave the falsehood. i thought it was important to do so. that's remain clear and get this work done. i
her friends have become deficit hawks after seeing the debt double in the obama administration. don't forget the supported learning the same corporate tax rates you after year and embraced other parts of the plan which we have incorporated. that's why there attacks and screams are laughable. and frankly they insult the intelligence of americans who are trying to figure this out. it's hard to figure out what's happening when you have someone prime like chicken little that the sky is falling....
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that i am glad to say include companies on both sides of the most divisive debates in the last ten years. we were very skeptical of the fcc's claims of authority to regulate the internet when the obama administration made this claims just as we are now. when they did that in the name of neutrality, we had companies on both sides of the debate that fund our work and continue to do so. so we see value skeptical about the government and in general instill out innovators to do their work and for the future to unfold on it so without them trying to manage it. so when jessica gonzales tells about free press. sue beckett is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization, it's transforming the ultimate goal of enabling a just society. we know media and tech haven't outside influence on our lives. they help us understand the world around us. and they influence how public policy on a variety of issues come about. and so we worked very hard to make sure that a common everybody has access to the internet. one of our biggest issues right now, universal and affordable access to internet. we have 77 million peop
that i am glad to say include companies on both sides of the most divisive debates in the last ten years. we were very skeptical of the fcc's claims of authority to regulate the internet when the obama administration made this claims just as we are now. when they did that in the name of neutrality, we had companies on both sides of the debate that fund our work and continue to do so. so we see value skeptical about the government and in general instill out innovators to do their work and for...
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it was found in 1996, it's been reiterated even in the fist six years of -- first six years of the obama administration which understood that principles based on a light touch approach that would take a more permission-less vision on the need for innovation in our country is the right way to go. will we be able to get there? i believe that we will, i'm optimistic that we can. we've got some work to do though to make sure that we can return back to a common vision, a bipartisan vision about why consumers expect and require those types of protections, but that they be fully applied to all parts of the internet. >> host: jonathan spalter, should alaska broadband or the company in western new mexico or verizon be able to offer the so-called fast lanes to consumers? >> guest: well, the fact is that in our internet society today there are many important reasons why broadband data and broadband traffic should be prioritized. the brave first responders, the fire women and firemen that are rushing into danger in southern california expect that the broadband access and data communications that flo
it was found in 1996, it's been reiterated even in the fist six years of -- first six years of the obama administration which understood that principles based on a light touch approach that would take a more permission-less vision on the need for innovation in our country is the right way to go. will we be able to get there? i believe that we will, i'm optimistic that we can. we've got some work to do though to make sure that we can return back to a common vision, a bipartisan vision about why...
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i want to acknowledge the coordinator, a new position created by president obama two years, ago, howard, schmidt, and i want to acknowledge him for his leadership in getting it organized on cube security an the excellent work down by the department of homeland security, justice department, and the other agencies all working together to tackle these threats that require the expertise and participation from a number of agencies around government, including the fcc. congress is looking at doing its part, which is very important. congress has been actively considering legislative proposals that include increase information sharing between the government and private sector to respond to threats and attacks. it's vital that small businesses be part of the cybersecurity equation. in many respects, small businesses have the most to gain from addressing the cybersecurity threats and increasing trust on this platform. small businesses that don't take protective measures are particularly vulnerable targeting for criminals, and we talked about the benefits for small businesses. a recent study found
i want to acknowledge the coordinator, a new position created by president obama two years, ago, howard, schmidt, and i want to acknowledge him for his leadership in getting it organized on cube security an the excellent work down by the department of homeland security, justice department, and the other agencies all working together to tackle these threats that require the expertise and participation from a number of agencies around government, including the fcc. congress is looking at doing...
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by the end of january, president obama will address the review group's recommendations. they put together 46 and some of them the whitehouse will accept and some are more contentious. we have the reform service, rain it in, and bulk collection. and then you have the intelligence committees looking to protect the nsa and keep the surveillance programs as they are. that should pay out and we will see where the president stands. >> the issue of privacy. if you could all address that and potential legislative or regulatory reform? >> privacy definitely is moving on many fronts. there is the surveillance issue and the issue of access to consumer data by the government but the fcc is jumping in and considering having fcc used for commercial data. and we have looking at multi stake hold efforts not moving as much as they should. you heard them saying commercial privacy is more of a concern. >> the fcc isn't as focused on privacy, but public interest groups are petitiopetitions the expand the privacy measures with things like customer propriety network information so the rules a
by the end of january, president obama will address the review group's recommendations. they put together 46 and some of them the whitehouse will accept and some are more contentious. we have the reform service, rain it in, and bulk collection. and then you have the intelligence committees looking to protect the nsa and keep the surveillance programs as they are. that should pay out and we will see where the president stands. >> the issue of privacy. if you could all address that and...
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how do you think that's going to change the debate this year when you compare back to the obama years? that seems to be a new element. treat your rating in different way than the obama era. is that going to shake some of how this is discussed in your view when you look forward to the next few months at potentially see this coming up in a new way at the commission? >> guest: the california law is pretty remarkable. less than 24 hours before the law was going to be enforceable you a top lawyers at the biden administrations veteran affairs department that were sending out e-mails because the california net neutrality law was threatening the ability of americans veterans to continue to get free access to telehealth services. that just shows how extreme advocacy, access it doesn't count against him that's an example of how far net neutrality has gone from what the original talking points were ten or 15 years ago. that extreme approach of california which some people are now trying to nationalize is an example of the real harms that come from those extreme approaches to net neutrality. >> m
how do you think that's going to change the debate this year when you compare back to the obama years? that seems to be a new element. treat your rating in different way than the obama era. is that going to shake some of how this is discussed in your view when you look forward to the next few months at potentially see this coming up in a new way at the commission? >> guest: the california law is pretty remarkable. less than 24 hours before the law was going to be enforceable you a top...
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which is a goal of the obama administration and the fcc. give us aceps of what you hope the committee can accomplish in the next two years in advising the commerce department? >> guest: well, there's sort of, i think, two parts of that. one is to advise them on what bands would be the most useful for commercial purposes. that's one thing so we can keep this economic engine that's being provided by the use of spectrum with all these new devices, keep that moving so we want to help them in that regard. and then help them in terms of what i just said a moment ago, and that is to try to get the incentives right to provide mechanisms so the suggestions, the ways of ameliorating or reducing interference issues so that our critical national defense and our critical governmental needs for spectrum can go, can go forward and still meet, as i said, our need for this vast amount of new spectrum to support commercial applications and public safety too. >> host: we talk about getting incentives right. one thing in the past you have said could work, in f
which is a goal of the obama administration and the fcc. give us aceps of what you hope the committee can accomplish in the next two years in advising the commerce department? >> guest: well, there's sort of, i think, two parts of that. one is to advise them on what bands would be the most useful for commercial purposes. that's one thing so we can keep this economic engine that's being provided by the use of spectrum with all these new devices, keep that moving so we want to help them in...
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by your television provider. >> president obama begins a trip to europe and the middle east this week. today he's in the netherlands for meetings with the prime minister and the chinese president. in the evening, a meeting with g7 world with leaders for talks on ukraine. on tuesday the president visits the world forum to participate in the national security summit and later in the day he'll travel to brussels where on wednesday he'll meet with belgium's prime minister before attending the european union/u.s. summit. on thursday president obama visits the vatican to see pope francis and hold meetings with italy's president and prime minister. on friday he travels from rome to riyadh, saudi arabia, for a meeting with king abdullah.
by your television provider. >> president obama begins a trip to europe and the middle east this week. today he's in the netherlands for meetings with the prime minister and the chinese president. in the evening, a meeting with g7 world with leaders for talks on ukraine. on tuesday the president visits the world forum to participate in the national security summit and later in the day he'll travel to brussels where on wednesday he'll meet with belgium's prime minister before attending the...
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has been president has been talking about for years? .. >> >> not only what specific rules to implement but for the intellectual foundation. that is something i have never seen as a commissioner or previously as the staffer and that is what concerned me. if you look at the archives for the bush administration in which i said the independent agency is independent for a reason. but none the less we have to make your own determination. second, what is unusual is it comes in the wake of very unusual administrative process. everyone knows what the sec proposed in may. it minimized the discussion to a couple of paragraphs. that public outcry was strong but it has been reported that was the preferred approach that it was reported leadership was pursuing a hybrid solution now all is said in the present - - president made the announcement through of a country and i. what magically the agency that proposes see you don't have to be psychic to figure out what happened. the american people never got a say once they shifted course to implement the pl
has been president has been talking about for years? .. >> >> not only what specific rules to implement but for the intellectual foundation. that is something i have never seen as a commissioner or previously as the staffer and that is what concerned me. if you look at the archives for the bush administration in which i said the independent agency is independent for a reason. but none the less we have to make your own determination. second, what is unusual is it comes in the wake of...
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for both republican and democratic administrations including most recently in 2010 by president obama's first choice. it has been operating under that definition is the very beginning of broadband and it's important to remember that this isn't completely discretionary but it creates service and to find some, it defines the telecom service and order information services. when broadband first emerged in maust village to see it come on the scene when i was at the commission, there was an open question as to whether the nature of the internet integrated service was telecommunications service or an information service under our precedent. it was a judgment that the factual characteristics the way that it was used, it was much more faithful to the definition than the one it's set out for other services. it went all the way to the supreme court agreed with the commission judgment. the commission now is reinterpreting the facts and applying it to the other definition. but the facts are fundamentally the same as they were in 2002 and that will be a serious source of litigation risk for the commi
for both republican and democratic administrations including most recently in 2010 by president obama's first choice. it has been operating under that definition is the very beginning of broadband and it's important to remember that this isn't completely discretionary but it creates service and to find some, it defines the telecom service and order information services. when broadband first emerged in maust village to see it come on the scene when i was at the commission, there was an open...
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the first six years of the obama ministration, within cnet neutrality brought to fruition or an anti- trust commission brought to fruition. what was broken that you were trying to fix? that's because these other competitive market forces as well as the three federal statutes i mentioned plus all the states act is a very powerful deterrent. there are couple him full of incidents that she might cite which were all before the title ii order and not brought to a head until the december 2010 net neutrality open internet neutrality was ordered on by the ftc. >> and antitrust case takes years to come to fruition. there is precedent that actually makes it harder for the public to bring these kind of cases. >> antitrust gets into competition. but they are a startup and you can't afford to go into the fast lane. if your investors are saying were not going to invest in you unless you can get in the fast lane, unless people can see you, you don't have time for an antitrust case to wind its way through the court. you are going to be dead meat. this is why rules are so important because rules moder
the first six years of the obama ministration, within cnet neutrality brought to fruition or an anti- trust commission brought to fruition. what was broken that you were trying to fix? that's because these other competitive market forces as well as the three federal statutes i mentioned plus all the states act is a very powerful deterrent. there are couple him full of incidents that she might cite which were all before the title ii order and not brought to a head until the december 2010 net...
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that said if you look back in history when this transition even if president obama again is reelected is oftentimes sort of a changing of the guard so that is widely expected and he served for four years. >> have we seen any leading by these to nominees for wireless or broadcast or any kind at preceded by yes? >> i haven't. i don't think people know as much about ajit pai as jessica rosenworcel, and even with jessica you're not really sure where she stands on this issue and if it were hurt that believed about the issue are being the stafford convene the release of her boss, whether it was the former commissioner for sherman rockefeller so in some ways they're both sort of a blank slate coming in and it isn't obvious that the have any sort of way. ten years ago [inaudible] pai worked for verizon for a few years but left after that and it isn't clear if they really do. >> were there in the of the industries opposed to the two? >> the were was widely supported. spec the industry's? >> that's right, and i do think that ajit pai has a broad private sector background triet i think he repres
that said if you look back in history when this transition even if president obama again is reelected is oftentimes sort of a changing of the guard so that is widely expected and he served for four years. >> have we seen any leading by these to nominees for wireless or broadcast or any kind at preceded by yes? >> i haven't. i don't think people know as much about ajit pai as jessica rosenworcel, and even with jessica you're not really sure where she stands on this issue and if it...
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i'd like to thank senator schumer for taking the time to introducing me and for his decision 24 years ago to give a young college graduate his first job. thank you for the chance to having introduced my family. mr. chairman, it is a tremendous honor to have been nominated by president obama to serve as chairman of the federal communications commission. and while this hearing is an honor for me, it is something even more for my family. it's a celebration of the hope and dreams that brought my parents to the united states about 50 years ago. my parents are immigrants. my father fled the nazi terror and ultimately came to the united states. my mother joined him, and together they raised a loving family and became role models for their children. my father is a hard working businessman, my mother is a hard working homemaker, both completely committed to family and community. from my parents i learned the meaning of the american dream. i learned something else too. my father came to the u.s. to study engineering. i'll never forget the day i was in high school about as old as my oldest son i
i'd like to thank senator schumer for taking the time to introducing me and for his decision 24 years ago to give a young college graduate his first job. thank you for the chance to having introduced my family. mr. chairman, it is a tremendous honor to have been nominated by president obama to serve as chairman of the federal communications commission. and while this hearing is an honor for me, it is something even more for my family. it's a celebration of the hope and dreams that brought my...
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all of the advances we have seen over the last eight years in terms of the new technologies and what we have needed to do and i think the obama administration has done this is provide the environment in which that sort of experimentation and innovation can take place. i would expect any administration following us to be equally as focused on providing an environment conducive to further innovation and exploration. >> one way you looked at those kinds of new technologies through the policy task force at the commerce department and multi stake holder meetings to develop guidelines on privacy and respect to drones and on screen, you know, from apps, but consumers walked out of one one of those proceedings on new technology and then were critical of what came out of the process that when they walked out was largely dominated by industry. do you think as the future for the multi stakeholders process -- how many legs can policies that don't have buy in from the consumer community really have? >> guest: keep in mind that what these processes were intending to create were best practices and
all of the advances we have seen over the last eight years in terms of the new technologies and what we have needed to do and i think the obama administration has done this is provide the environment in which that sort of experimentation and innovation can take place. i would expect any administration following us to be equally as focused on providing an environment conducive to further innovation and exploration. >> one way you looked at those kinds of new technologies through the policy...
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this two-year experiment has failed. we seen investments in broadband decline. facing innovative services kept on the shelf. all of this has harmed consumers. before the 2015 decision, consumers enjoyed a free and open internet. not because they had title ii in place commented in. they had a long-standing approach, for 20 years we abided by congresses direction of bipartisan decision that the internet should be allowed to flourish free from heavy-handed government regulation. not a complete no holds barred environment. innovators were allowed to innovate and we saw the internet and the u.s. become the greatest success story. from startups to large corporations launched and succeeded. i'm excited that after this two-year detour were going back to the same regulatory framewo framework. the tried-and-true approach. you step back sure you've seen colorful rhetoric that surrounds the fcc decision. now to see what's trending faster than the nuance. i think the intersection of the government and they cherish their experiences. what i'm saying is the great title ii head
this two-year experiment has failed. we seen investments in broadband decline. facing innovative services kept on the shelf. all of this has harmed consumers. before the 2015 decision, consumers enjoyed a free and open internet. not because they had title ii in place commented in. they had a long-standing approach, for 20 years we abided by congresses direction of bipartisan decision that the internet should be allowed to flourish free from heavy-handed government regulation. not a complete no...
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appointed me the chair late last year and i was the first woman in 87 years. [applause]. >> and it's your first, too. >> i am a first, the first asian-american of this. >> if you're the first, you can't be the last. >> that's right, not the last. >> and you also have to make up for lost time. >> that's right, absolutely. you know, access to information is a bed rock principle, and for us, that includes certainly much more than books on a shelf. it's assets of digital content as well. and information only available in a digital format. these days, access to information is almost impossible without a high speed internet connection. access to a divide and the digital literacy skills all of those things to thrive online. how would you define digital equity? >> there's a definition that's not my own i like from the national digital inclusion i a lines and i'll probably get it wrong, but individuals and communities need to have the technical capacity to fully participate in modern society, our democracy and economic life and i think for that to be true. we need to m
appointed me the chair late last year and i was the first woman in 87 years. [applause]. >> and it's your first, too. >> i am a first, the first asian-american of this. >> if you're the first, you can't be the last. >> that's right, not the last. >> and you also have to make up for lost time. >> that's right, absolutely. you know, access to information is a bed rock principle, and for us, that includes certainly much more than books on a shelf. it's assets of...
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quietly rooting for obama. all of my mentors grew up in bill clinton's shadow going up in arkansas said hillary has this in the bag and you've got to get on the hillary training now but i said i'm just going to take a sidestep from politics and as a result of google the internet, consumer web was exciting at the time so i put all my stuff in my car, drove to san francisco, fought very low level gig at yelp off a craigslist gig in first place that hired me and about hundred of us at the time and i said this looks like a pretty interesting company so i would ride this out. >> host: luther lowe is now the senior vice president from public policy at yelp. leah covers antitrust at politico. thank you both for being on the committee caters back thank you. >> thank you. ♪ >> television has changed since he spam began 41 years ago but our mission continues. to provide unfiltered view of government. already this year we brought you primary election coverage, presidential impeachment process and now the federal respons
quietly rooting for obama. all of my mentors grew up in bill clinton's shadow going up in arkansas said hillary has this in the bag and you've got to get on the hillary training now but i said i'm just going to take a sidestep from politics and as a result of google the internet, consumer web was exciting at the time so i put all my stuff in my car, drove to san francisco, fought very low level gig at yelp off a craigslist gig in first place that hired me and about hundred of us at the time and...
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meet this need first to 5.9 gigahertz that represents 75 megahertz that the commission set aside 20 years ago the particular use for intelligent transportation services but which lies mostly fellow today. and the end of the obama administration the department of transportation had noticed a proposal to mandate every new vehicle they have a certain type of radio on board that would communicate for safety signali signaling. the mandate isn't happening and even the standard seems to be slipping away so are we going to see the fresh look notice of rulemaking that you have been urging, now that nothing is happening at 9.5 gigahertz does the commission have an opportunity to revisit the issue next >> my record is pretty clear on the topic that i've learned being in the majority and minority it's decided by the chair man so we will see what the chair man decides to do in this space in the near future and i can predict that. that's what he gets to do. >> we've written about this extensively the last several years and i think we've both pointed out decades ago now we set aside a spectrum for the f
meet this need first to 5.9 gigahertz that represents 75 megahertz that the commission set aside 20 years ago the particular use for intelligent transportation services but which lies mostly fellow today. and the end of the obama administration the department of transportation had noticed a proposal to mandate every new vehicle they have a certain type of radio on board that would communicate for safety signali signaling. the mandate isn't happening and even the standard seems to be slipping...
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>> guest: i think compared to 12 years ago very very tech-savvy. everyone talks about the obama campaign revolutionary and -- revolutionizing the way people use data and there's more more information on line about people's activity every day so it only makes the campaign step into that to take out who they should be reaching out to and foods they should have campaigning on behalf of them so it's something that is definitely increased dramatically. tech seven s. in general and campaigns and i can only imagine what 12 years from now will look like especially if we all have google glasses and have campaign ads growing by his 24/7. it will be definitely very interesting advance. >> guest: also to add to that if you look at the facebook in addition to proprietary databases and proprietary software facebook is a very powerful data collection that allows campaigns to drill down to a very granule love for -- granular level on what persuasion of republican or democrat might you be. i think we have seen a lot of it over all put election campaigns are often o
>> guest: i think compared to 12 years ago very very tech-savvy. everyone talks about the obama campaign revolutionary and -- revolutionizing the way people use data and there's more more information on line about people's activity every day so it only makes the campaign step into that to take out who they should be reaching out to and foods they should have campaigning on behalf of them so it's something that is definitely increased dramatically. tech seven s. in general and campaigns...
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years were broadband is reclassified with the telecom service and iustry hates that and for years it's been a question of where president-elect biden fell on that too. one of his most allies for years is david: who's executive at comcast. he's emerg as a bungler for president-elect biden i the past cycle and, you know, been a big par of that and verizon's kathy is another person who has been helping raise money and i think there will be an active push to turn on anything tt joe biden, fcc simile does and i would look into who he nominates as part of that. >> host: cat of "the washington po", in this discussion under view have brought uphe invitation of 5g. >> that's a good pnt. i think that will be a major priority for the biden administration, especially as we see industry push forward companies like apple releasing their last 5g enabled phones we will see a greater demand from consumers for tt and you know, i wou defer to john and kyle in terms of the coverhis area much me closely than me and th have a better read on where they would see a biden administration going on that issue as
years were broadband is reclassified with the telecom service and iustry hates that and for years it's been a question of where president-elect biden fell on that too. one of his most allies for years is david: who's executive at comcast. he's emerg as a bungler for president-elect biden i the past cycle and, you know, been a big par of that and verizon's kathy is another person who has been helping raise money and i think there will be an active push to turn on anything tt joe biden, fcc...
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we did something on this last year and as i said before, i am happy to debate all sorts of different reforms that save medicare but the status quo is unacceptable because the status quo as president obama said and senator lieberman and many others have pointed out, status -- status quo leads to bankruptcy so when you hear the demagoguery about proposed reforms compared to the status quo that is intellectually dishonest because the status quo is not a possibility. [inaudible conversations] >> we have even had advice that we do not do is i did today and come in with a plain old white shirt and a summer tide, heaven forbid. now i don't know whether my colleagues feel that this would be a better decorum for the senate and i see the distinguished senator stafford over here nodding no and perhaps the people of ohio would be glad to make a judgment on what they want to see me at tired in here in the united states senate. so mr. president these are just a few of our concerns here in the senate that i am sure that none of us will do anything differently in the senate of the united states now
we did something on this last year and as i said before, i am happy to debate all sorts of different reforms that save medicare but the status quo is unacceptable because the status quo as president obama said and senator lieberman and many others have pointed out, status -- status quo leads to bankruptcy so when you hear the demagoguery about proposed reforms compared to the status quo that is intellectually dishonest because the status quo is not a possibility. [inaudible conversations]...
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. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> today the obama administration's immigration policy goes before the supreme court. the eight justices will hear oral argument in a challenge to president obama's executive actions on immigration that would allow some undocumented immigrants to stay in the u.s. we'll have cameras outside the court to see reaction from case participants and activity around the court with interest groups and possible protests. that's live at 10 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> now, democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders of vermont speaks at a campaign rally in brooklyn, new york. voters in that state cast ballots in their presidential primary on tuesday. the senator is introduced by actor danny devito. this is just under an hour. [cheers and applause]
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and then an interview with the senior advisor to president obama. >> c-span rated by america's cable companies 340 years ago and brought to you -- 35 -- as a local service from your cable or satellite provider. >> host: and greg walden is republican of maryland and chair of the subcommittee on communication and technology. congressman, walden give us your take on what the fcc did. >> guest: disappointing. a big win for the communication bar because this will be litigated for years to come. unnecessary, i think for a lot of reasons. i think they went way too far. the fcc used to have more independence than it has today. it is really i don't think helpful for the internet. there was a much better way that would have given protection for consumers and legal certainty for investors and it is called legislating. >> host: what kinds of protections do consumers meadneed? >> you want it make sure they are not advantageing themselves and engaging in things that are concerning to consumers. there have been examples of individual problems over the last decade that have been generally worked out
and then an interview with the senior advisor to president obama. >> c-span rated by america's cable companies 340 years ago and brought to you -- 35 -- as a local service from your cable or satellite provider. >> host: and greg walden is republican of maryland and chair of the subcommittee on communication and technology. congressman, walden give us your take on what the fcc did. >> guest: disappointing. a big win for the communication bar because this will be litigated for...
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well, in the last two years in my view the obama administration has, in fact, laid out the framework and, thank you, blair, and the work that was done in the broadband plan and, thank you, larry, for what i think ntia is doing. we now have a notion of what we need to do for the future. and it is probably a good time to stop and think about the long now and think about this future because just as i think back in whatever that was, 80, whatever, that you wrote that report, i don't think as smart as he that he actually thought about that iphone. i actually don't think he did. i don't know that we had invented those things at the time. i don't know that we actually understood what 3d television would look like at the time. maybe we did in science fiction, but we had to set government policy in order to anticipate things that we actually didn't know were going to happen. we just knew that if we had the right resources and the right input out there, in the marketplace, that in this american economy with the free enterprise system that we have that this was going to happen. so where are we
well, in the last two years in my view the obama administration has, in fact, laid out the framework and, thank you, blair, and the work that was done in the broadband plan and, thank you, larry, for what i think ntia is doing. we now have a notion of what we need to do for the future. and it is probably a good time to stop and think about the long now and think about this future because just as i think back in whatever that was, 80, whatever, that you wrote that report, i don't think as smart...
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sadly, steve jobs predicted four years ago as he spoke to president obama, you are killing then our future as a technology industry with this strategy because that immigration overall reform so difficult. we'd love to see a stand-alone bill, but we have to go with what the president wants, he's the president. frankly, it's not the president who's holding things up, it's the speaker of the house of representatives. until or unless he makes a decision for that to go forward, we're just marking time. we're very disappointed that something didn't happen under a democratic congress. >> so you guys wouldn't have a problem if the skillsby act or a similar bill were the one to move through the house and, you know, obviously, there's a lot of questions on what would happen then with a conference report or what the senate or the president would do, but just from your perspective, that would be a fine approach, to focus on that specifically and leave everything else to a later time? >> guest: oddly happy with any way of getting that legislation true. of it's a shame that we're holding our innovation
sadly, steve jobs predicted four years ago as he spoke to president obama, you are killing then our future as a technology industry with this strategy because that immigration overall reform so difficult. we'd love to see a stand-alone bill, but we have to go with what the president wants, he's the president. frankly, it's not the president who's holding things up, it's the speaker of the house of representatives. until or unless he makes a decision for that to go forward, we're just marking...
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then a look at ballot initiatives effecting women in this year's elections. and later a white house official talks about the obama administration's proposal for protecting consumer data privacy. >> during the two week congressional recess, we'll be featuring some of booktv's weekend programs in prime time. tonight, a look at the revolutionary movements in the middle east. after the "the communicators," we start with the author of "liberation square: inside the egyptian revolution and the rebirth of a nation." then at 9:55 eastern, the senior political analyst with al-jazeera talks about his book, "the invisible arab." after that at 11:05 eastern, noni darwish will talk about her book, "the devil we don't know." booktv in prime time all this week here on c-span2. >> c-span's 2012 local content vehicle cities tour takes our booktv and american history tv programming on the road. the first weekend of each month. this past weekend featured little rock, arkansas. with booktv at the high school collection at the university of arkansas. >> collector of photographs,
then a look at ballot initiatives effecting women in this year's elections. and later a white house official talks about the obama administration's proposal for protecting consumer data privacy. >> during the two week congressional recess, we'll be featuring some of booktv's weekend programs in prime time. tonight, a look at the revolutionary movements in the middle east. after the "the communicators," we start with the author of "liberation square: inside the egyptian...
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this reminds me of an issue that i've dealt with many many years ago and that his security litigation that i have introduced legislation on and i would say that when i compared the two security litigation and the lawsuits that surrounded all of that i could put a multiplier on it but this is costing companies a great deal. it interrupts innovation, which is who and what we are and now there is legislation that has been introduced. there is more than one bill in the congress. i think what we have to do to take a very close look to see you know what is the best prescription for handling this, and it's important to note that you know all companies are not on board with relative to a given solution. but it is a problem. there are more and more that refer to it. it is taking a toll and there is an old saying that my father used to use. it's a racket. so it is going to have to be addressed because it is costly and not just in terms of dollars but in terms of innovation as well. >> host: is their bipartisan support for patent troll legislation? >> guest: i think some the bills that i'm famil
this reminds me of an issue that i've dealt with many many years ago and that his security litigation that i have introduced legislation on and i would say that when i compared the two security litigation and the lawsuits that surrounded all of that i could put a multiplier on it but this is costing companies a great deal. it interrupts innovation, which is who and what we are and now there is legislation that has been introduced. there is more than one bill in the congress. i think what we...
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. >> guest: in the obamas administration blocked at&t's attempt to buy t-mobile a couple of years ago if the deal was made about the need for four wireless carriers and the justice department said. if something the fcc agreed with. do you think it's important to have this magic number? >> guest: i'm not sure i have the magic number at this moment. i will have to analyze the information as it presented if any application is provided. >> host: michael o'rielly with all the convergence going on in the telecommunications market, apple, googling comcast broadcasters at some point do you see them all coming into the same rubric as far as regulation goes? >> guest: well i would like to see some removal of the silos we have and how different companies are treated in a different way base the way they are set up are based on the technology they use. i think that's something that the congress is looking at is how do you treat similar companies in the same way. that's something we have to move toward. whether they'll come under the fcc's jurisdiction is a matter for congress to decide. >> guest:
. >> guest: in the obamas administration blocked at&t's attempt to buy t-mobile a couple of years ago if the deal was made about the need for four wireless carriers and the justice department said. if something the fcc agreed with. do you think it's important to have this magic number? >> guest: i'm not sure i have the magic number at this moment. i will have to analyze the information as it presented if any application is provided. >> host: michael o'rielly with all the...
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and i spent some time there during the obama administration also during the trump administration in the minority. and then president biden elevated me too become the first permanent chairwoman of the scc for it only took 87 years for a woman to run the agency. the way i see it, i'm going to make up for lost time. >> are we on? okay good to go. so on that note, 87 years it's a long time. >> but who is counting. >> a lot of things are changing for us. we have workforce here in the u.s. that's 40% limit which we are very proud of it. i think that's a little bit of an outlier. there's a lot of room for improvement. any thoughts there on seeing things improving where things go? >> and might be biased i think communication technology is the most exciting sector of our economy. and by some measures it's as much is 16 of the economy. i think it's for all the energy is. so much is happening ultimately i want to seet those who are employed in this defector reflect the full diversity of our country. i think that's important why i am in this job right now. i hope everyone here understands the impor
and i spent some time there during the obama administration also during the trump administration in the minority. and then president biden elevated me too become the first permanent chairwoman of the scc for it only took 87 years for a woman to run the agency. the way i see it, i'm going to make up for lost time. >> are we on? okay good to go. so on that note, 87 years it's a long time. >> but who is counting. >> a lot of things are changing for us. we have workforce here in...
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of the obama administration. >> and that was fcc chair ajit pai and our discussion on the the "communicators" is about his net neutrality proposal. jeffery eisenach of the american enterprise institute and advisor for the trump campaign and chris lewis vice president of public knowledge the consumer group. mr. lewis, what is your take on what the chairman proposed? >> we are concerned. we think the net neutrality rules are working. they are wildly poplar. overwhelming majority of americans want clear rules of the road by a protected and open internet. we are concerned he is going down a path to review and repeal some or all of the rules. >> host: why did you think the rules were necessary? i will read from tom wheeler, the former chair. for as long as the internet a has existed it has been ground n on the thhistory of net neutrality. >> i think that is true. in the '90s with dial up and through the 2000s there has been broad support for the idea we need to protect an open internet or the concept of net neutrality. the real debate in washington, a way from the folks who overwhelmingly support
of the obama administration. >> and that was fcc chair ajit pai and our discussion on the the "communicators" is about his net neutrality proposal. jeffery eisenach of the american enterprise institute and advisor for the trump campaign and chris lewis vice president of public knowledge the consumer group. mr. lewis, what is your take on what the chairman proposed? >> we are concerned. we think the net neutrality rules are working. they are wildly poplar. overwhelming...
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but this year president obama, vice president clinton and -- or vice president biden, excuse me, and secretary of state clinton have gone silent on the bill. when asked about it recently the vice president's communications director said, quote, no comment on this from here. the legislation goes exactly in the wrong direction. so much so that even president obama, vice president biden and secretary of state clinton are running away from it. so should we. he yield back the balance of my time. >> i thank the gentleman. i now recognize the distinguished chairman of the full committee for an opening statement. >> ranking member emeritus -- i mean, chairman emeritus. the president is running away from a lot of things so this is just one more of them. that doesn't mean that the consideration is not extremely important. we've been here before, ladies and gentlemen. i'm for state secrets. there are some secrets that we've got to keep away from citizens and congress people and everybody else, bloggers, but, wait a minute, which ones? well, that's what we're here to try to sort out. we didn't s
but this year president obama, vice president clinton and -- or vice president biden, excuse me, and secretary of state clinton have gone silent on the bill. when asked about it recently the vice president's communications director said, quote, no comment on this from here. the legislation goes exactly in the wrong direction. so much so that even president obama, vice president biden and secretary of state clinton are running away from it. so should we. he yield back the balance of my time....
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after that we're live with remarks from president obama as he welcomes participants to a white house conference on mental health. later, michigan representative fred upton and political analyst dade gergen are the featured speakers at this year's gerald r. ford journalism awards ceremony. and the senate's back at 2 p.m. eastern with general speeches followed by more debate on the farm bill. >> the u.s. commission on civil rights recently heard from representatives of groups for military veterans. among the speakers was an advocate for gay,less wean, bisexual and transgender generals as well as a representative of african-american vets. the commission is expected to release a report with recommendations fo
after that we're live with remarks from president obama as he welcomes participants to a white house conference on mental health. later, michigan representative fred upton and political analyst dade gergen are the featured speakers at this year's gerald r. ford journalism awards ceremony. and the senate's back at 2 p.m. eastern with general speeches followed by more debate on the farm bill. >> the u.s. commission on civil rights recently heard from representatives of groups for military...
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, 20 years falls under bush and under clinton and in the first six years of the obama administration is a net neutrality order that we have all up i did too. no prioritization no fast lanes, no slow lanes and it's done its job because frankly when i started my company in 1995 google was not around and neither was facebook and neither was twitter. none of these companies frankly were around and they succeeded. in fact the largest companies in the internet space just to give you a number right now as we speak they have $280 billion in cash on the balance sheet. the largest four countries and the infrastructure comcast time warner have $260 billion so how is it possible that this thing has been so bad they manage to accumulate $28 billion of cash on their balance sheets and the guys are ripping off them. they are up to $160 million. something has not been said to the consumer and to the public the way it should've been said which is facts and truthfulness frankly in a major issue like this which is re-regulating the entire internet under a scheme that was put in place back in 1934 when
, 20 years falls under bush and under clinton and in the first six years of the obama administration is a net neutrality order that we have all up i did too. no prioritization no fast lanes, no slow lanes and it's done its job because frankly when i started my company in 1995 google was not around and neither was facebook and neither was twitter. none of these companies frankly were around and they succeeded. in fact the largest companies in the internet space just to give you a number right...
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in a five-year term in 2017 and was designated as chairman by president trump. good, bipartisan. he also works at the d.o.j., u.s. senate and the fcc office of general counsel and in the private sector at verizon. today he joins me too discuss a proposal which the commission will vote on tuesday. i will not summarize what they are because he will tell us. that is my first question. following our conversation and audience questions, there will be a panel of really smart people who will introduce themselves joining us and one i have told you is the author of this amazing science technology innovation program, what do we call this -- policy brief. so i am going to sit down now that i've introduced ajit pai and were going to have a short conversation to get your brilliant questions ready. thank you very much. [applause] >> okay, the first question is a surprise question. the fcc is proposing to rules, what are they? >> thank you congresswoman for the question, before i answer i do want to express my gratitude to the wilson center for hosting this in-person conversat
in a five-year term in 2017 and was designated as chairman by president trump. good, bipartisan. he also works at the d.o.j., u.s. senate and the fcc office of general counsel and in the private sector at verizon. today he joins me too discuss a proposal which the commission will vote on tuesday. i will not summarize what they are because he will tell us. that is my first question. following our conversation and audience questions, there will be a panel of really smart people who will introduce...
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that the senate passed earlier this year. he was joined by business and people from the labour industry. here is some of what he had to say. >> everybody knows that our current immigration system is broken. across the political spectrum people understand that. we know -- we have known it for years. it's not smart to invite some of the brightest minds from around the world to study here and then not let them start businesses here. we send them back to their own countries to start businesses and create jobs and embed new products someplace else. it's not fair to businesses and middle-class families who play by the rules when we allow companies that are trying to undercut the rules work in the shadow economy to hire folks at lower wages or no benefits, no overtime so that somehow they get a competitive edge for breaking the rules. that doesn't make sense. it doesn't make sense to have 11 million people who are in this country illegally without any incentive or any way for them to come out of the shadows, get right with the law,
that the senate passed earlier this year. he was joined by business and people from the labour industry. here is some of what he had to say. >> everybody knows that our current immigration system is broken. across the political spectrum people understand that. we know -- we have known it for years. it's not smart to invite some of the brightest minds from around the world to study here and then not let them start businesses here. we send them back to their own countries to start...
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the martin rule is similar. 28 senators including obama and biden registering disapproval. that subsequently passed the senate. what has changed that will convince me and my colleagues that the march rule and the genacowski rule from four years ago are now simply ok? to follow-up on that, when looking at the public interest standard, why did you look at media ownership rules versus the top ten or top 30 because i'm trying to get it all in? >> i will keep my answer brief. you have been strong and consistent on the issues and the views you are expressing have been expressed by others in the record. we recognize the conviction you have on these issues and we take them into account as we move from the notice to an order. >> i encourage you to pay attention. many members of congress and the senate passed disapproval of the very thing you are issuing again. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator warner. >> i will try to be very brief. one thing i would point out is fifty-five% owned by federal government. we have a bipartisan bill to try to do a spectrum inventory. we won't know how
the martin rule is similar. 28 senators including obama and biden registering disapproval. that subsequently passed the senate. what has changed that will convince me and my colleagues that the march rule and the genacowski rule from four years ago are now simply ok? to follow-up on that, when looking at the public interest standard, why did you look at media ownership rules versus the top ten or top 30 because i'm trying to get it all in? >> i will keep my answer brief. you have been...